Videckis, the Bartlett product who was the honorary co-captain of the 2011-12 Daily Herald Fox Valley all-area girls basketball team, told the Daily Herald Thursday she has left the team at Arizona State University and been granted her release to seek a new school and a new basketball program.

It was my decision, said Videckis while watching the Big Ten womens tournament at the Sears Centre Thursday. I enjoyed a successful freshman year there but ASU isnt the place I want to continue my college career. Im thankful for the opportunity but Im ready to do greater things and Id like to play in the Big Ten.

Videckis, who came home for her grandfathers funeral, said she was granted her release during a meeting on Monday with Sun Devils coach Charli Turner Thorne. Videckis averaged 6.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game for ASU, the highlight of her season coming on Feb. 24 when she hit the game-winning 3-pointer to beat rival Arizona 59-58. ASU was 13-17 heading into Thursdays PAC-12 tournament.

Videckis, who originally committed to Indiana then chose Arizona State instead, said she hopes to land at a Big Ten school and she is contacting coaches from Illinois and Northwestern. According to NCAA transfer rules, she will have to sit out a full season.

Its going to be the best for me, she said. It will give me a chance to sit back and look at the game from a different perspective. At ASU they had me playing in the post. Now Ill have a year to redevelop my guard skills. Im keeping my options open but Id love to play in the Big Ten and Im hoping to stay in Illinois and close to family. Im excited to be coming home. It would be great to play in the Big Ten. I feel like Id fit in at Illinois or Northwestern.

Videckis, who led Bartlett to a third-place finish in last years IHSA Class 4A state tournament, said she doesnt regret the decision to go to Arizona State.

Not at all, she said. I found myself and now I have a greater purpose. I have no regrets. Everything happens for a reason. It was my dream school and I would have regretted it if I didnt go there.

Videckis said shell be home until March 17, when she will return not ASU to finish the semester, which ends in late April, academically.